Tag Archives for shoot-’em-up
Rise of Nightmares on Xbox 360/Kinect by Sega
Ever seen Hostel? A thoroughly unpleasant film, and one Rise of Nightmares reminded us of. The game is set in an eastern European dungeon where unspeakable horrors are acted out. Except instead of wealthy sickos torturing kidnapped tourists, Sega has a mad scientist abducting visitors to Romania and turning them into zombies. And all they…
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine by THQ
Fancy playing as a steroid-enhanced muscle mountain of a hardass soldier that makes Arnie look like a wimp and use some state-of-the-art firepower to take on hordes of monstrous aliens? Well, maybe you haven’t got hold of your copy of Gears of War 3 yet – so why not indulge yourself instead with the gore-fest…
Deus Ex: Human Revolution by Square Enix
Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex franchise, but it’s actually a prequel to the original. It’s set in the year 2027, and explores the hopes and fears of humankind entering an age in which cybernetic prosthetics and brain implants are becoming a reality. Titanium shoulders, knees and toes…New hope is introduced…
Child of Eden by UbiSoft
An abstract and trippy rhythm-shooter which is beautifully presented, Child of Eden is an aesthetic and musical joy, albeit a rather short-lived one. The Kinect control works perfectly too, and adds another dimension to the blasting experience as you swipe and dismiss multiple viruses with your hand. In short, this is another good reason to…
Xing Interactive – Biplane Baron
Stepping into the world of Biplane Baron is a rather like stepping into a time machine. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take you back to the heady days of twin-winged dogfighting in World War I as the developer intended. Instead, it transports the player back two decades, to a time of 16-bit home computing… Time warpOkay, so…